to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.

Medicine/Medical.

to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by use of an or suction syringe. to inhale (fluid or a foreign body) into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.

to draw or remove by suction. Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. Medicine/Medical. the substance or contents that have been aspirated. Phonetics. (of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by ; aspirated. Contemporary Examples

Bottle propping and speed-feeding gruel causes them to choke and aspirate their food—sometimes causing pneumonia and death. Russia’s Adoption Ban Is Cruel and Vindictive to All Dr. Jane Aronson December 28, 2012

Some operate like bellows, creating an accordion-like sound as they aspirate. How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso Rich Goldstein October 1, 2014

Historical Examples

Take another similarly prepared pipette and aspirate into it equal volumes of washed cells, bacterial emulsion and pooled serum. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique John William Henry Eyre

The aspirate is rarely misplaced, unless by a recent immigrant. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various

Sometimes the aspirate is transferred from the Adj. to the Conjunct. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Alexander Stewart

Second, the aspirate (h as in have), which is generally condemned. The Psychology of Singing David C. Taylor

“Monsieur Reetchie, you are my friend, my intimate” (he put an aspirate on the word). The Crossing Winston Churchill

I am not familiar enough with the early grammarians to know when the terms lene and aspirate were first used. The English Language Robert Gordon Latham

The aspirate, however, was too frequently omitted or misplaced. Wenderholme Philip Gilbert Hamerton

verb (transitive) (ˈæspɪˌreɪt) (phonetics)

to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released to pronounce (a word or syllable) with an initial h

to draw in or remove by inhalation or suction, esp to suck (air or fluid) from a body cavity or to inhale (fluid) into the lungs after vomiting to supply air to (an internal-combustion engine)noun (ˈæspɪrɪt) (phonetics)

a stop pronounced with an audible release of breath the glottal fricative represented in English and several other languages as h

adjective (ˈæspɪrɪt) (phonetics) (of a stop) pronounced with a forceful and audible expulsion of breath n.

1725, “sound of the letter ‘H’,” especially at the beginning of a word, from Latin aspiratio “a breathing, exhalation, the pronunciation of the letter H” (see aspire). v.

a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the . Contemporary Examples In the series’ pilot, smart-aleck ex-lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) tells Abed that he has asperger’s syndrome. Hollywood Takes […]

a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the . noun a form of autism in which the person affected has limited but obsessive interests, and has difficulty relating to other […]

the rite of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and people with holy water before High Mass. Historical Examples With a slow movement, he raised three times the Asperges brush, and he purified him with a gentle rain. The Dream Emile Zola Asperges me hyssopo et mundabor, lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. Olive in Italy Moray […]

a brush or instrument for sprinkling holy water; aspersorium. Historical Examples The brush used for sprinkling is an aspergill (aspergillum), or aspersoir, and the vessel for this water an aspersorium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 Various On this table were a silver crucifix, a vase filled with holy water, and an aspergillum. […]

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